CVE-2011-2766

Publication date 23 September 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The FCGI (aka Fast CGI) module 0.70 through 0.73 for Perl, as used by CGI::Fast, uses environment variable values from one request during processing of a later request, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via crafted HTTP headers.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libfcgi-perl	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	11.04 natty	Fixed 0.71-1+squeeze1build0.11.04.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 0.71-1+squeeze1build0.10.10.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected

Notes

tyhicks

Per Debian, introduced in 0.70

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libfcgi-perl	Other: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68380 Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2327 Upstream: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2Ffcgi2.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=297693dc8362d25bb25e473899c72508a0f71d2e

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2766